Intensive cognitive therapy for PTSD: A feasibility study

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-398

  Ehlers, Anke ^a,b   Clark, David M ^a,b   Hackmann, Ann ^c   Grey, Nick ^a,b   Liness, Sheena ^a,b   Wild, Jennifer ^a,b   Manley, John ^a,b   Waddington, Louise ^a,b   McManus, Freda ^c  

^a King s College London   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive behaviour therapy; intensive treatment; Posttraumatic stress disorder; treatment acceptability; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PANIC; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957240166     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465810000214     Document Type: Article

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